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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Tetsuya Deguchi, Takasago, JP;
Takuo Shigehisa, Takasago, JP;
Masayasu Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Zenji Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Yuko Sugita, Kobe, JP;
Satoru Sugita, Takasago, JP;
Tetsuya Deguchi, Takasago, JP;
Takuo Shigehisa, Takasago, JP;
Masayasu Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Zenji Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Tsukishima Kikai Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an indirect heat-drying apparatus that is resistant to adhesion of the substance to be dried on heating pipes and gives a product having a desired and stabilized liquid content. The present invention relates to an indirect heat-drying apparatus, comprising two indirect-heating rotary dryers, i.e., the first and second indirect-heating rotary dryers that are arranged in series so that the dried substance from the first indirect-heating rotary dryer is supplied to and dried in the second indirect-heating rotary dryer as the substance to be dried; and a carrier gas-supplying means of supplying the carrier gas co-currently in the first indirect-heating rotary dryer and counter-currently in the second indirect-heating rotary dryer, with respect to the flow direction from the substance to be dried.